Rack for printing-chases and the like.



B. F. W. KAISER. RACK FOR PRINTING cmsns AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1914.

Patented Aug. 18

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EDWARD F. W. KAISER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RACK FOR PRINTING-CHASES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 21, 1914.

Serial No. 826,270.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWAR F. W. KAISER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Racks for Printing-Chases and the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a rack embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same, partly in longitudinal section on the line 22, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end elevational view, partly in section; Fig. 4: is a side elevational view, slightly enlarged, of one of the printing-chase engaging or gripping-arms; and Fig. 5 is a front elevatlonal view, partly in section and also slightly enlarged, of one of the printingchase engaging or gripping-arms.

This invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in racks for printing-chases and the like, the objects of my present invention being to provide a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable rack preferably in the form of a skeleton or open frame in which printing-chases and the like to a relatively large number and of various heights or sizes may be readily placed and conveniently, accessibly, and compactly stored when not in use and from which the chases may be severally easily andquickly removed when required, a large saving of floor-space and time being thereby had, and

to lmprove generally upon racks of the kind stated.

With the above and other objects in view, my present invention resides in certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, A indicates the body-portion of my new rack, which is preferably in the form of an upstanding open or skeleton rectangular frame made up of or comprising standards or posts 1 preferably metallic pipe-bars integrally or otherwise suitably provided at their lower ends with feet 2 adapted to rest upon a floor or other place of support, horizontally-disposed longitudinal connecting members 33, and horizontally-disposed lateral or cross members 4-4 connecting members -8 and l-1, which are likewise prefer ably metallic pipe-bars, being preferably fixed, as by means of joint or corner members 5, tothe upper ends of posts 1, as seen particularly in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fixed or otherwise suitably secured upon posts 1 adjacent their lower ends, are inwardly-presented brackets 6, upon which is fixed or otherwise secured a preferably metallic flooring 7 longitudinally provided on its upper face with a series or plurality of channels or slide-ways 8 adapted to endwise slidably receive and accommodate printingchases or the like C. Also fixed or otherwise suitably secured upon posts 1 adjacent their lower ends, are outwardly-presented brackets or bearing-members 9, upon which are rotatably mounted and supported at the opposite ends of frame A horizontally-disposed rollers 1010 extending transversely of frame A, the plane of rollers 1010 being preferably slightly above the plane of the base of channels 8, whereby the chases C may be slidably placed or inserted into upright position in, or removed from, channels 8 with little friction, as will be well understood.

Extending transversely across frame A ata suitable distance inwardly from opposite end or cross bars 4:4, are bars 1111, each of said bars 1111 having its opposite ends suitably fixed or secured, as by means of conneotinganembers 16, to longitudinal framemember or bars 3-3, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. Loosely pivoted on each of said bars 11 is a series or plurality of independently swingable preferably metallic arms or members 12 the number of arms 12 on each bar 11 preferably corresponding to the number of channels 8 in flooring 7. At its outer or free end, each arm 12 has pivotally connect ed thereto, as by means of a pin or bolt 13, and carries a shallow substantially U-shaped member 14: (shown clearly in Fig. 5) having its legs presented outwardly and being adapted to grip or engage achase C when chase C is endwise resting or supported in a channel 8 of flooring 7 to endwise firmly hold the chase in upright position, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

Normally, as when in inoperative position, arms 12 are preferably swung outwardly to rest adjacent their outer or free ends on frame cross-bars 44. A printing-chase or similarly shaped article C being now slid- Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

ably inserted or moved endwise over a roller 10 into a channel 8, the corresponding arm 12 is pivotally moved or swung from its said normal position inwardly to bring its said pivoted or swingable chase-engaging member 14 into operative position relatively to the chase, member 1 1, when brought to such position, neatly gripping the chase at its margin, as seen clearly in Fig. 2, and thereby firmly holding the chase endwise in upright position in theraclr. Should the chase be of extremely small size, that is to say, the smallest size which the particular rack is designed to accommodate, the arm 12, when in operative or chase-engaging position, will project downwardly from bar 11 at approximately right angles to frame-members 33, as illnstrated in Fig. 2; with a chase of larger size, the arm 12, when in chase-engaging position, will project obliquely downwardly from bar 11 at an angle less than a right angle to frame-members 3-3, as also illustrated in Fig. 2. Ghasegripping members 14', being freely swingable on their carrying-arms 12, will occupy a clownwardly-presented position with their legs at right angles to frame-members 3*8 and thus grip the particular chase irrespective of the size or height thereof when the chase is supported as described in a channel 8. Frame A being open-ended and provided as described with a plurality of series or sets of arms 12, it will be evident that chases C may be insertibly fitted thereinto from either end and held endwise in upright position by the arms 12 and their carried members let of the adjacent series or set, the capacity of the rack being accordingly increased and determinable only by the size of frame A; and the number of channels 8 and arms 12 thereof. To remove a chase G from the rack, arm 12 and its chase-gripping member 1a are preferably first swung upwardly and outwardly to normal position,

when, as will be obvious, the chase is free to be slidably taken from its supporting channel 8.. As seen particularly in Fig. 5, each arm 12 is preferably provided at its rear or pivoted end with a widened-bearing,

as at 15, on its hinge-bar 11, whereby the free or outer end of the arm is held from increasing the rigidity of the support rendered on chases C by members 14 when engaging therewith.

I am aware that minorchanges in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of my new rack may be made and substituted orthose herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters ?atent is:

In a rack ofthe l'rind' stated, the combination with a plurality of standards and longitudinally-extending connecting members therebetween, of a transverse bar fixed at its ends on said connecting-members, a plurality of chase-engaging arms loosely pivoted at one end on said bar, and a second transverse bar also fixed at its ends on said connecting-members, said second transverse bar being spaced from said first transverse bar and providing a fixed support for the free ends of said" arms when the same are swung into inoperative position; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD F. W. KAISER.

il itnesses RUTH PETERSON, LELIA HAUK.

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